Ch. 246

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(a) As used in this section:

(8) (i) "Police officer" means a person who has the
authority to enforce the general criminal laws of this State and
is a member of any of the following law enforcement units:

1.  Maryland State Police;

2.  Baltimore City Police Department;

3.  Police department, bureau, or force of
a county;

4.  Police department, bureau, or force of
an incorporated city or town;

5.  State Aviation Administration Police
Force, the Mass Transit Administration Police Force, the Maryland
Port Administration Police Force of the Department of
Transportation, or the Toll Facilities Police Force of the
Maryland Transportation Authority;

6.  Police Force of the University of
Maryland or Morgan State University;

[7. Police force for a State university
or college under the direction and control of the Board of
Trustees of State Universities and Colleges;]

[8.] 7. Sheriff's department of any
county or Baltimore City;

[9.] 8. Natural Resources Police Force or
the Forest and Park Service Police Force of the Department of
Natural Resources; OR

[10.] 9. Security Force of the Department
of General Services; or State, county or municipality security
force if the special police officers are appointed under the
provisions of § 4-901 of this article.

4-301.

(c) There is hereby established in the Department of Public
Safety and Correctional Services of the State of Maryland, a
Correctional Training Commission whose membership shall consist
of the following 13 persons:

(1) The deputy secretary of Public Safety and
Correctional Services; the Director of the Division of Parole and
Probation; the Commissioner of Correction; the president of the
Maryland Community Correctional Administrators Association; the
president of the Maryland Sheriffs Association; the president of

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